Editing Nazareth, Pennsylvania

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'''Nazareth''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The borough's population was 6,053 at the 2020 census. Nazareth is part of the [[Lehigh Valley]] metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. as of 2020.

==History==
===Etymology===
The borough is named for the Biblical town of [[Nazareth]] in Israel, where [[Jesus]] spent his youth. The names of a number of other places in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania are similarly inspired, including [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]], [[Egypt, Pennsylvania|Egypt]], and [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]]'s [[Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jordan Creek]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Theodore|first1=Bevin|title=Nazareth's Repayment Day celebrates legend of Barony of Rose|url=http://blog.pennlive.com/lvbreakingnews/2008/06/barony_of_rose.html|website=Penn Live|publisher=The Patriot News|access-date=1 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617155048/http://blog.pennlive.com/lvbreakingnews/2008/06/barony_of_rose.html|archive-date=17 June 2016}} Pennsylvania founder [[William Penn]] bequeathed the land to his daughter, Letitia, who under colonial law had to pay a single red rose each June 24, if so demanded by the trustees. This led to another early name for [[Nazareth]] being the Barony of the Rose. The people of Nazareth continue to celebrate this every year on June 11 and 12, with various organizations selling single red roses throughout the town</ref>

===18th and 19th centuries===
Nazareth was founded in 1740 by [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] immigrants from [[Germany]]. The property that comprises present-day Nazareth was purchased from [[George Whitefield]] after the construction of the Whitefield House. 

Nazareth was initially an exclusive Moravian community by charter, and other faiths were not allowed to purchase property there. It was one of four leading Moravian communities in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]; [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]], and [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]], each in [[Pennsylvania]], were the other three.

In 1735, a small group of Moravian missionaries began working in the newly settled community of [[Savannah, Georgia]], where they sought to evangelize the Native American tribes and minister to the settlers. Governor [[James Oglethorpe]], founder of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[John Wesley]] and [[Charles Wesley]], founders of the Methodist Church who were deeply interested in Moravian ideals, came along on the same boat. The Brethren settled along the [[Savannah River]] in Georgia. Like the [[Quakers]], the Brethren refused to take part in the war with the Spanish and, as a result, were evicted from Georgia in 1739.

George Whitefield, a widely known itinerant preacher who served as chaplain of Savannah, brought the group of evicted Georgia Brethren north to [[Philadelphia]] in his sloop.  Whitefield had grandiose plans, including building a school for Negro children on his tract of {{convert|5,000|acre|km2}}, called the Barony of Nazareth. He invited the Brethren, who accompanied him to Philadelphia to settle at this location for the time being and hired them to build his school.  

By the end of June 1739, the first log dwelling was erected. The workers struggled, the weather proved difficult, and winter soon arrived. They quickly erected a second log house. After its completion, Whitefield  returned to Pennsylvania, bristling and angered by theological disputes with certain Moravians, particularly on the issue of [[predestination]], and he evicted the Moravian Brethren.

While evicted from the Barony, Moravian leaders in England negotiated to buy the entire Barony. When Whitefield's business manager suddenly died, Whitefield discovered that his finances, shaky on more than one occasion, did not allow him to proceed with his Nazareth plan, and he was forced to sell the whole tract. On July 16, 1741, it officially became Moravian property.<ref>{{cite book |title= The History of the Moravian Church |last= Hamilton |first= J. Taylor |author2=Kenneth G. Hamilton |publisher= The Moravian Church in America|pages=85–86 }}</ref>

Nazareth was originally planned as a central English-speaking church village. But in October 1742, its 18 English inhabitants departed for Philadelphia leaving Nazareth largely in the hands of Captain John, a [[Lenape]] chieftain and his followers, who refused to leave, even though they no longer owned the land.  

In December 1742, [[Nikolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf|Count Zinzendorf]], a Moravian benefactor, negotiated a settlement with Captain John, and his tribe moved back into the hinterland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bethlehem Diary |url=http://bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/bethlehem_diary/731742source.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025104355/http://bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/bethlehem_diary/731742source.html |archive-date=2006-10-25 }}</ref> 

In 1743, the still unfinished Whitefield House was put in readiness for 32 young married couples who were to arrive from Europe.  On January 2, 1744, the couples went overland to Nazareth to settle in the nearly completed Whitefield House. Whitefield House and adjacent Gray Cottage now belong to the [[Moravian Historical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moravianhistoricalsociety.org/|title=Welcome to Moravian Historical Society, Your family's place to discover history|website=moravianhistoricalsociety.org|access-date=2016-07-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728233754/http://www.moravianhistoricalsociety.org/|archive-date=2016-07-28}}</ref>

The result was that Nazareth began to increase in population. Enough visitors were attracted to the town that the Rose Inn was built in 1752 on an additional tract to the north.  Two years later, in 1754, Nazareth Hall was built in hopes that Count Zinzendorf would return from Europe and settle in Nazareth permanently, but he never returned to the Americas. 

In 1759, [[Nazareth Hall]] became the central boarding school for sons of Moravian parents. It later attained wide fame as a "classical academy", which led to the founding, in 1807, of [[Moravian College]] and Theological Seminary, now located in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]].  [[Nazareth Hall Tract]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===20th and 21st centuries===
Up until the mid-1900s, a large part of Nazareth's population was of [[Germany|German]] origin, better known as the [[Pennsylvania Dutch]]. "Dutch" is a corruption of the word "Deutsch", which is German for "German."  The Pennsylvania Dutch were spread throughout many counties of southern and central Pennsylvania. Many Pennsylvania Dutch also came from [[Switzerland]] and the [[Alsace]] region of France, in addition to the modern nation of Germany,

Nazareth's residents' religion reflected a largely German background in evangelical churches of fairly large sizes for such a small town, divided among the Moravian, [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], Reformed (now part of the [[United Church of Christ]]), and [[Roman Catholic]] worship centers of the town. The town also hosted a fairly sizable [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[Polish people|Polish]] population, which largely attended Holy Family Catholic Church, in the area.

During a great immigration to the eastern Pennsylvania counties of the late 1900s from [[New Jersey]] and [[New York (state)|New York]], the population expanded significantly. Developers from the New Jersey area were responding to tighter controls and regulations on new construction in the state of New Jersey by moving their enterprises to Pennsylvania.

This new expansion and housing boom was enabled by the local completion of the interstate system of highways, first begun by former U.S. President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in the 1950s. In the Nazareth area, this was caused by the completion of the nearby Pennsylvania Route 33, which ran north and south, thereby connecting [[Interstate 78]], [[U.S. Route 22]], and [[Interstate 80]], all of which ran east–west, and the completion of the Interstate 78 southern [[Lehigh Valley]] corridor high speed interstate, which connected the Lehigh Valley to New Jersey and [[New York City]] to the east and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] and [[Pittsburgh]] to the west.

The [[Nazareth Historic District]] was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.<ref name="nris"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 781
|1870= 949
|1880= 984
|1890= 1318
|1900= 2304
|1910= 3978
|1920= 4288
|1930= 5505
|1940= 5721
|1950= 5830
|1960= 6209
|1970= 5815
|1980= 5443
|1990= 5713
|2000= 6023
|2010= 5746
|2020= 6053
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,023 people, 2,560 households, and 1,515 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|3,603.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,658 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,590.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.46% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.55% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.23% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.95% of the population.

There were 2,560 households, out of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.89. Nazareth's population is spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 85.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males.

As of the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the borough was $39,038, and the median income for a family was $50,298. Males had a median income of $35,642 versus $24,900 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $21,292. About 4.2% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over. In 1900, 2,304 people lived there, and in 1910, 3,978 inhabitants existed; 5,721 people lived in Nazareth in 1940.  Its population was 6,023 at the 2000 census.

==Geography==
Nazareth is located at {{Coord|40|44|24|N|75|18|40|W|type:city}} (40.739993, -75.311214).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

Nazareth's climate is similar to the rest of the [[Lehigh Valley]] with four distinct seasons, humid summers, cold winters, and very short and mild springs and falls. This climate is hot-summer [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] (''Dfa'') and average monthly temperatures range from {{convert|28.1|F|C}} in January to {{convert|73.4|F|C}} in July.<ref>[https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ Prism at Oregon State University]</ref> The [[hardiness zone]] is 6b. Nazareth's topography can best be described as hilly, as the town itself sits atop a local outcropping underground of one of the richest veins of [[limestone]] in the U.S. Much of the farmland surrounding Nazareth is being converted into close sitting lots of suburban housing, for predominantly commuter households.

==Transportation==
[[File:2022-09-28 14 09 32 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 191 and west along Pennsylvania State Route 248 (Easton Road) just southwest of Broad Street in Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Route 191|PA Route 191 South]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 248|PA Route 248 West]] in Nazareth]]
As of 2016, there were {{convert|22.48|mi}} of public roads in Nazareth, of which {{convert|5.24|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|17.24|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48408.pdf|title=Nazareth Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 191]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 248]] are the numbered highways serving Nazareth. PA 248 follows Easton Road along an east-west alignment across the southern edge of the borough. PA 191 follows a southwest-northeast alignment via Easton Road, Broad Street, Center Street and New Street, including a short concurrency with PA 248.

==Education==
{{Further|Nazareth Area School District}}
Nazareth Borough is served by the [[Nazareth Area School District]], which also comprises the surrounding townships of [[Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania|Bushkill]], [[Upper Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Nazareth]], and [[Lower Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Nazareth]], and the boroughs of [[Tatamy, Pennsylvania|Tatamy]] and [[Stockertown, Pennsylvania|Stockertown]]. Students in grades nine through 12 attend [[Nazareth Area High School]]. Students in grades seven through eight attend Nazareth Area Middle School.

The district's schools include:
* Lower Nazareth Elementary
* Floyd R. Shafer Elementary
* Kenneth N. Butz Jr Elementary
* Nazareth Area Intermediate School
* Nazareth Area Middle School
* [[Nazareth Area High School]]

==Media==
News about the Nazareth community is reported regularly in regional newspapers ''[[The Morning Call]]'' and ''[[The Express-Times]]'' daily newspapers and [[Shopper (newspaper)|local shoppers]], including ''The Nazareth Times'', ''The Home News'', and ''The Key''.

==Nazareth Speedway==
{{Main|Nazareth Speedway}}
Nazareth was home to the [[Nazareth Speedway]], a one-mile tri-oval automobile racing course. The track opened in 1910 and closed in 2004, and the site has remained vacant ever since. Nazareth is also home to racing champions [[Mario Andretti]] and [[Michael Andretti]], and third-generation driver [[Marco Andretti]].

==Industry==
===Kraemer Textiles Inc.===
{{Main|Kraemer Textiles Inc.}}
Kraemer Textiles Inc., which started out as a silk hosiery maker in 1887,<ref name="MCall">{{cite news|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2007-03-04-3712900-story.html|title=Kraemer Textiles spins a tale of survival ** Knitting's resurgence gave company a new focus: craft yarns. ** Since 1887 Fourth Generation|last=Hughes|first=Melanie A.|publisher=[[The Morning Call]]| date=2007-03-04|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> is based in Nazareth. Over the years, the company changed to spinning yarns out of manmade and natural fibers for clients to use in the manufacture of upholstery, clothing, and home furnishings. The company creates and markets its own brand of [[handicraft]] yarns under the Kraemer Yarns label. The company also spun the Merino wool yarn that was used in creating the end-to-end American-made sweaters produced by the [[Ralph Lauren Corporation]] for the athletes of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref name="NazUS">{{cite news|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/nazareth/2013/10/nazareths_kraemer_yarns_helps.html#main|title=Nazareth's Kraemer Yarns helps make uniforms for U. S. Olympic team|last=Falsone|first=Nick|publisher=[[The Express-Times]]|date=2013-10-30|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><ref name="USAthreads">{{cite news|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/2013/10/olympic_athletes_will_wear_thr.html|title=Olympic athletes will wear threads made in the U.S.A.|work=[[The Express-Times]]|date=2013-10-29|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref>

===Martin Guitar===
{{Main|C. F. Martin & Company}}
[[File:C F Martin Factory 09 2019.jpg|thumb|[[C. F. Martin & Company]] in Nazareth, manufacturer of Martin Guitars since 1833]]
Nazareth is the global headquarters for [[C. F. Martin & Company]], founded in 1833, which manufactures Martin guitars. Martin Guitars have been used by some of the world's most prominent guitarists, including [[Johnny Cash]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Hank Williams]], [[Neil Young]], [[John Lennon]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Kurt Cobain]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[John Mayer]], and others.<ref>[https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/141918/ "Artists Who Play Martin Guitars"], Guitar Guitar, July 2, 2024</ref> 

Martin guitars are handmade instruments, which historically were made by artisans who apprenticed for years to learn their trade. They are now largely manufactured on an assembly line monitored and assisted by workers, computers, and lasers, which have lowered manufacturing costs, improved production speed, and permitted the company to compete with foreign manufacturers, which have allowed the company to survive and thrive into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Martin Guitars|url=https://www.martinguitar.com/about/|website=Martin Guitar|publisher=Martin Guitar|access-date=17 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409125031/https://www.martinguitar.com/about/|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>

===Cement manufacturing===
In the 1960s, at least three large [[cement]] companies surrounded the Nazareth borough area, Essroc (formally Coplay Cement), Hercules Cement, and Penn-Dixie Cement Companies. The Coplay plant on the south side has undergone company ownership changes through the years (and was also known as the Nazareth Cement Company, among other names). Hundreds of union laborers of the United Gypsum, Lime and Cement Unions worked in each plant around the town from the early 1900s.

Stories of the hard pre-union days at the cement plants are replete with the description of twelve-hour days for survival wages, poor working and health conditions, and many dangerous incidents and accidents causing loss of life and or limb without medical plans or benefits to survivors. Since the 1980s, however, the automation of the plants and eventual reselling of them to foreign firms has brought about the loss of most of the high-paying union cement jobs, presenting a blow to the Lehigh Valley economy.  The impact on the local economy of these lost cement jobs was intensified by the ultimate closing of neighboring [[Bethlehem Steel]] in 2003. In the case of Bethlehem Steel, it was not automation and modernization that downsized the workforce, but failure to modernize the mills, overloaded management, and a laissez-faire management attitude about foreign competition and cheap foreign steel production.

==Notable people==
{{main|List of people from the Lehigh Valley}}
* [[Marco Andretti]], professional [[IndyCar Series]] race car driver
* [[Mario Andretti]], 1967 [[Daytona 500]] winner, 1969 [[Indy 500]] winner, 1978 [[Formula One]] champion, 1984 [[IndyCar Series]] champion, and 29-time [[Indy 500]] starter 
* [[Michael Andretti]], 1991 [[IndyCar Series]] champion, [[Formula One]] race car driver and [[IndyCar Series]] team owner
* [[Jahan Dotson]] (born 2000), professional [[American football|football]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>Vogt, Erin. [https://nj1015.com/new-jersey-connections-eagles-chiefs-2025-super-bowl/ "All New Jersey connections for Eagles, Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025"], [[WKXW]], February 6, 2025. Accessed March 11, 2025. "Jahan Dotson was born in Newark and spent his childhood in East Orange. The Eagles wide receiver then moved to Nazareth, PA and played high school there as a freshman and sophomore."</ref>
* [[Sage Karam]], professional [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] race car driver
* [[Joe Kovacs]], track and field athlete, Olympic silver medalist, world champion in shot put
* [[Christian Frederick Martin]], founder of guitar manufacturer [[C. F. Martin & Company]]
* [[Kate Micucci]], actress, comedian, artist, and singer-songwriter
* [[Jordan White (musician)|Jordan White]], rock musician

==In literature and popular culture==
* [[Lydia Sigourney]]'s poem, [[wikisource:Scenes in my Native Land/Funeral at Nazareth|Funeral at Nazareth]], in Scenes in my Native Land, 1845 is accompanied by text in relation to the Moravian settlements both here and in Bethlehem.<ref>{{cite web| last =Sigourney|first=Lydia|title=Scenes in My Native Land| url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=KjsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA102| year=1845 |publisher=Thurston, Torry & Co.}}</ref>
*"[[The Weight]]" is a popular 1968 song by [[The Band]] that takes the [[motif (narrative)|motif]] of an out-of-town traveler who arrives in "Nazareth" and the people he encounters there, including the [[Devil]]. The Scottish band [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] later took their name from the song.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 1998| title= Guinness Rockopedia| edition= 1st| publisher= Guinness Publishing Ltd.| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/284 284]| isbn= 0-85112-072-5| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/guinnessrockoped0000unse/page/284}}</ref>
*[[Mark Knopfler]] wrote a 2000 song about a season of racing at [[Nazareth Speedway]] titled "Speedway At Nazareth". The song appears on Knopfler's second solo album, ''[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forgotten Racing Song Friday: 'Speedway at Nazareth'|url=http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/forgotten-racing-song-friday-speedway-nazareth|website=Autoweek|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>
* Nazareth native [[Mario Andretti]] is mentioned in several popular songs, including "[[Uneasy Rider]]" by [[Charlie Daniels]] (1973), "[[Shadrach (Beastie Boys song)|Shadrach]]" by the [[Beastie Boys]] (1989), "[[Good for Me (song)|Good for Me]]" by [[Amy Grant]] (1992), "[[Drive (For Daddy Gene)]]" by [[Alan Jackson]] (2002), and "[[Crash (Gwen Stefani song)|Crash]]" by [[Gwen Stefani]] (2004).

==See also==
[[File:Nazareth Borough Hall in Pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|Nazareth Borough Hall]]
* [[Indian Tower]]
* [[Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Wikivoyage}}
* {{Official website|http://www.nazarethboroughpa.com/}}
* [https://www.mcall.com/news/local/nazareth/ Nazareth news] at ''[[The Morning Call]]''
{{Geographic Location
| Center    = Nazareth
| North     = Bushkill Center    
| Northeast = [[Belfast, Pennsylvania|Belfast]]
| East      = [[Stockertown, Pennsylvania|Stockertown]]    
| Southeast = [[Wilson, Pennsylvania|Wilson]]
| South     = 
| Southwest = [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]
| West      = [[Bath, Pennsylvania|Bath]]
| Northwest = Moorestown
}}
{{Northampton County, Pennsylvania}}
{{Lehigh Valley}}
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[[Category:Boroughs in Northampton County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1740]]